Hi! I'm a political scientist focusing on governance, access to justice, social movements, and new media/communications in Eurasia. I received my PhD from the Centre of Russian and East European Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK in 2015. In addition to the research I do, I provide consulting services for Harvard's Berkman-Klein Center, Freedom House, Navanti, Transparency International, and the University of Gothenburg’s V-Dem Institute, as well as investigative work for private companies investigating corruption. My writing has been published in The Guardian, Open Democracy, Global Voices, Transitions Online, and Hetq. I have also provided analysis on current regional events for the BBC and Al Jazeera. I became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2021.
